Using the faecal immunochemical test in patients with rectal bleeding: evidence from the NICE FIT study
Colorectal Disease2021Vol. 23(7), pp. 1630–1638
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Georgina Hicks, Nigel D’Souza, Theo Georgiou Delisle, Michelle Chen, Sally C. Benton, Muti Abulafi, the NICE FIT steering group
Abstract
Faecal haemoglobin is not always detectable in patients with RB; 56% of patients had undetectable f-Hb (<2 µg/g) and CRC was present in 0.1%. The high sensitivity of the FIT can be used to rule out CRC in patients with RB and triage them more appropriately for investigation.
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